Engage youth, increase academic and leadership skills and meet community needs.
How? Service-Learning
Excel Youth Zone (XYZ) develops resilient, civic-minded youth leaders and empowers in and after school educators to support youth in being community leaders today through service-learning.
Service-learning is a project-based teaching strategy that engages youth in positive social, intellectual and leadership development by fusing academic content with meaningful service to their schools and community.
Service-learning is not community service and it is not project-based learning. It is taking the best from both, fusing them together and the result is a highly effective youth development tool, teaching strategy and civic-engagement model.
For more, see Difference between Service-Learning and Community Service
Why Service-Learning Works?
Research shows that service-learning is an effective tool to engage youth, develop resilient youth, and increase academic success. The following summarize the benefits and outstanding results when service-learning is implemented with K-12 youth:
Excel Youth Zone (XYZ) is a full-service service-learning not-for-profit founded by Tiveeda Stovall, service-learning certified training and practitioner. XYZ is an expert in the field of service-learning and unique in the field for offering support to educators and facilitating after school service-learning clubs.
XYZ is recognized by state and national organizations as an expert in service-learning.
The California Department of Education designates XYZ as the Service-Learning Regional Lead for San Diego and Imperial County.
Sign-up for FREE Service-Learning Resource Toolkit?
XYZ has put together on-line service-learning resources that guide educators, youth groups, after school coordinators, and parents through the five easy steps of implementing a successful community service-learning project. The toolkit provides the best resources and tools from across the nation with a California focus. It is not only easy and robust, but also FREE!
XYZ simply asks for your information to track the number of toolkit users for grants, so we can continue to keep the toolkit free! We also ask for your contact information so we can keep you updated on XYZ events and to perform occasional surveys so we can continue to improve the resources for YOU. We will NOT share your information.
Once you complete the registration form,you will receive an e-mail with the toolkit website address included and you can start planning.
